They should sell the coarse on CD. I took the classes years ago but got disillusioned because the local ham repeater I WAS part of allowed ANYONE to report in and the repeater was loaded with non trained people just yakking waway like morons while I tried to call in golf ball sized hail shutting down a major road I was on.
I gave up and quit the club after 6 years. I love the Skywarn program but clubs need to limit reporting to ONLY trained spotters. "starting to rain", getting dark here", :it's getting really windy here" type calls ARE NOT REPORTABLE. Frustrating as hell, especially when you're getting hammered by golf ball sized hail, IN YOUR CAR on the road.